Ten students who set out to prevent Michael Oren from speaking to students at the University of California have been convicted - yet, because the students in this case were Muslims, many on the hard left are making heroes of these ten censors.

The job of the UN is to promote peace, not to retard it. So instead of discouraging negotiations by promising recognition, the UN should be demanding that the Palestinian leadership and the Israeli government begin negotiations immediately.

Beck’s support provides a beacon of hope while Israel's old friends and allies are abandoning it in droves. One need not accept all of his positions on Israel to agree with him that backing Israel is one of the great moral issues of the 21st Century.

Words are extremely important. And Netanyahu’s reiteration of certain truths that are under global assault is more crucial than ever, especially with a hostile administration in the White House and difficult opposition at home.